Lecture 3

Hi All,

Ahead of the final week in ARCH1101 I've recorded a short lecture which presents a selection of the best student schemes from EXP2: The Bridge in previous years. I look at them in terms of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (S.W.O.T). It's a way to consider a business operation or product, but I focus on two of the elements, Strengths and Opportunities in the review below. The key point is to use these to reflect on your own scheme looking for your Strengths and Opportunities for improving your work:




I mention a few Architects and schemes in the narration, here are some links to follow those up:

Frank Lloyd Wright, Falling Water:

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/modernity-ap/a/frank-lloyd-wright-fallingwater

An image showing the rock where the clients used to sunbathe on the site, now in the living room:

And a video showing some aerial views that have only ever been seen before in the Architects hand drawn perspectives.



Richard Meier:

Well known for his residential designs which seemed to take Modernism to its ultimate conclusion.

https://www.archdaily.com/495096/ad-classics-saltzman-house-richard-meier-and-partners-architects

But perhaps most famous for the Getty Centre which sits above Los Angeles: 

This is the building, a church, that I see as an influence in ARCH1101 Student Ross Driessen's project: https://www.richardmeier.com/?projects=jubilee-church-2

And finally,

Foreign Office Architects (FOA):

The scheme with many similarities to Sofia Liguori's project she called The Ridge: https://www.archdaily.com/554132/ad-classics-yokohama-international-passenger-terminal-foreign-office-architects-foa

This building was the result of an international competition. A small group of student entered, competing with large firms from all around the world, and won. One day they were working on their design projects at University and the next they had a 20 person firm working on one of the most significant buildings of the late 90's. It is a classic example of going from zero to hero overnight. And a story that I hope inspires you to give yourselves every chance of success.

Kind regards

Russell